956  
WHUS52 KKEY 010048  
SMWKEY  
GMZ032-033-035-010115-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0137.260701T0048Z-260701T0115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
848 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5  
FATHOMS...  
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND  
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...  
 
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 848 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 NM SOUTHWEST OF  
MIDDLE CAPE SABLE, OR 16 NM NORTH OF CONTENT KEYS, MOVING SOUTH AT  
25 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER  
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...  
HORSESHOE KEY, WATER KEYS, CONTENT KEYS, AND RACCOON KEY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING  
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO  
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2514 8151 2510 8148 2511 8128 2473 8129  
2474 8132 2473 8133 2474 8133 2474 8137  
2476 8139 2474 8138 2475 8143 2474 8143  
2476 8159 2516 8158 2516 8152  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 006DEG 24KT 2505 8141  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
MJV  
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